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Territory Alliance should shoulder a lot of blame for Labor win, says CLP leader

CLP leader Lia Finocchiaro says the NT’s new Territory Alliance should shoulder a lot of the blame for Labor’s election victory

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CLP leader Lia Finocchiaro says the NT’s new Territory Alliance should shoulder a lot of the blame for Labor’s election victory.

The Opposition Leader said the party “came in like a wrecking ball” costing her party votes in key seats like Port Darwin.

Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro addresses the media regarding the results of the 2020 NT election. Picture: Che Chorley
Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro addresses the media regarding the results of the 2020 NT election. Picture: Che Chorley

“I think there’s no question that Terry Mills and Territory Alliance went out there for months telling Territorians that their objective was to remove a bad Labor government,” she said.

“But instead what they did is preference Labor in three seats and the Greens second in a number of others.

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“Delivering a Labor Government to Territorians this term falls on Territory Alliances shoulders.”

Ms Finocchiaro said once CLP’s team was finalised they’d get together so she could distribute shadow portfolios.

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